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Lexicon :: Strong's G25 - agapaō

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ἀγαπάω
Transliteration
agapaō (Key)
Pronunciation
ag-ap-ah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from agan (much) [or cf φιλέω (G5368)]
mGNT
143x in 39 unique form(s) TR
142x in 40 unique form(s) LXX
215x in 55 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:21,5

Trench's Synonyms: xii. ἀγαπάω, φιλέω.

Strong’s Definitions

ἀγαπάω agapáō, ag-ap-ah'-o; perhaps from ἄγαν ágan (much) (or compare H5689); to love (in a social or moral sense):—(be-)love(-ed). Compare G5368.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 142x

The KJV translates Strong's G25 in the following manner: love (135x), beloved (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 142x
The KJV translates Strong's G25 in the following manner: love (135x), beloved (7x).

  1. of persons

    1. to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly

  2. of things

    1. to be well pleased, to be contented at or with a thing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀγαπάω agapáō, ag-ap-ah'-o; perhaps from ἄγαν ágan (much) (or compare H5689); to love (in a social or moral sense):—(be-)love(-ed). Compare G5368.
STRONGS G25:
ἀγαπάω, -ῶ; [imperfect ἠγάπων]; future ἀγαπήσω; 1 aorist ἠγάπησα; perfect active [1 person plural ἠγαπήκαμεν, 1 John 4:10 WH text], participle ἠγαπηκώς (2 Timothy 4:8); passive [present ἀγαπῶμαι]; perfect participle ἠγαπημένος; 1 future ἀγαπηθήσομαι; (akin to ἄγαμαι [Fick, Part 4:12; see ἀγαθός, at the beginning]); to love, to be full of good-will and exhibit the same: Luke 7:47; 1 John 4:7f; with the accusative of the person, to have a preference for, wish well to, regard the welfare of: Matthew 5:43ff; Matthew 19:19; Luke 7:5; John 11:5; Romans 13:8; 2 Corinthians 11:11; 2 Corinthians 12:15; Galatians 5:14; Ephesians 5:25, 28; 1 Peter 1:22, and elsewhere; used often in the First Epistle of John of the love of Christians toward one another; of the benevolence which God, in providing salvation for men, has exhibited by sending his Son to them and giving him up to death, John 3:16; Romans 8:37; 2 Thessalonians 2:16; 1 John 4:11, 19; [noteworthy is Jude 1:1 L T Tr WH τοῖς ἐν Θεῷ πατρί ἠγαπημένοις; see ἐν, I. 4, and cf. Bp. Lightfoot on Colossians 3:12]; of the love which led Christ, in procuring human salvation, to undergo sufferings and death, Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 5:2; of the love with which God regards Christ, John 3:35; [John 3:20 L marginal reading]; John 10:17; 15:9; Ephesians 1:6. When used of love to a master, God or Christ, the word involves the idea of affectionate reverence, prompt obedience, grateful recognition of benefits received: Matthew 6:24; Matthew 22:37; Romans 8:28; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 8:3; James 1:12; 1 Peter 1:8; 1 John 4:10, 20, and elsewhere. With an accusative of the thing ἀγαπάω denotes to take pleasure in the thing, prize it above other things, be unwilling to abandon it or do without it: δικαιοσύνην, Hebrews 1:9 (i. e. steadfastly to cleave to); τήν δόξαν, John 12:43; τήν πρωτοκαθεδρίαν, Luke 11:43; τό σκότος; and τό φῶς, John 3:19; τόν κόσμον. 1 John 2:15; τόν νῦν αἰῶνα, 2 Timothy 4:10, — both which last phrases signify to set the heart on earthly advantages and joys; τήν ψυχήν αὐτῶν, Revelation 12:11; ζωήν, 1 Peter 3:10 (to derive pleasure from life, render it agreeable to himself); to welcome with desire, long for: τήν ἐπιφάνειαν αὐτοῦ, 2 Timothy 4:8 (Wis. 1:1 Wis. 6:13; Sir. 4:12, etc.; so of a person: ἠγαπήθη, Wis. 4:10, cf. Grimm at the passage). Concerning the unique proof of love which Jesus gave the apostles by washing their feet, it is said ἠγάπησεν αὐτούς, John 13:1, cf. Lücke or Meyer at the passage (but others take ήγάπ. here more comprehensively, see Weiss's Meyer, Godet, Westcott, Keil]. The combination ἀγάπην ἀγαπᾶν τινα occurs, when a relative intervenes, in John 17:26; Ephesians 2:4 (2 Samuel 13:15 where τό μῖσος ὁ ἐμίσησεν αὐτήν is contrasted; cf. Genesis 49:25 εὐλόγησε σε εὐλογίαν; Psalms of Solomon 17:35 [in manuscript Pseudepig. Vet. Test. edition Fabric. i., p. 966; Libri Apocr. etc., edition Fritzsche, p. 588] δόξαν ἥν ἐδόξασεν αὐτήν); cf. Winers Grammar, § 32, 2; [Buttmann, 148f (129)]; Grimm on 1 Macc. 2:54.
On the difference between ἀγαπάω and φιλέω, see φιλέω. Cf. ἀγάπη, 1 at the end.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
49:25
2 Samuel
13:15
Matthew
5:43; 6:24; 19:19; 22:37
Luke
7:5; 7:47; 11:43
John
3:16; 3:19; 3:20; 3:35; 10:17; 11:5; 12:43; 13:1; 15:9; 17:26
Romans
8:28; 8:37; 13:8
1 Corinthians
2:9; 8:3
2 Corinthians
11:11; 12:15
Galatians
2:20; 5:14
Ephesians
1:6; 2:4; 5:2; 5:25; 5:28
Colossians
3:12
2 Thessalonians
2:16
2 Timothy
4:8; 4:8; 4:10
Hebrews
1:9
James
1:12
1 Peter
1:8; 1:22; 3:10
1 John
2:15; 4:7; 4:10; 4:10; 4:11; 4:19; 4:20
Jude
1:1
Revelation
12:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G25 matches the Greek ἀγαπάω (agapaō),
which occurs 215 times in 200 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 22:2–1Sa 18:20)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - And he said, Take thy son, the beloved one, whom thou hast loved—Isaac, and go into the high land, and offer him there for a whole-burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67 - And Isaac went into the house of his mother, and took Rebecca, and she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted for Sarrha his mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:28 - And Isaac loved Esau, because his venison was his food, but Rebecca loved Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for thy younger daughter Rachel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - And Jacob served for Rachel seven years, and they were before him as a few days, by reason of his loving her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - And he went in to Rachel; and he loved Rachel more than Lea; and he served him seven other years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:32 - And Lea conceived and bore a son to Jacob; and she called his name, Ruben; saying, Because the Lord has looked on my humiliation, and has given me a son, now then my husband will love me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:3 - And he was attached to the soul of Dina the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and he spoke [fn]kindly to the damsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:3 - And Jacob loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was to him the son of old age; and he made for him a coat of many colours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and he has a son of his old age, a young one, and his brother is dead, and he alone has been left behind to his mother, and his father loves him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6 - and bestowing mercy on them that love me to thousands of them, and on them that keep my commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:18 - And thy hand shall not avenge thee; and thou shalt not be angry with the children of thy people; and thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:34 - The stranger that comes to you shall be among you as the native, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:37 - Because he loved thy fathers, he also chose you their seed after them, and he brought thee himself with his great strength out of Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:10 - and doing mercifully to [fn]thousands of them that love me, and that keep my commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:5 - And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy mind, and with all thy soul, and all thy strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - But because the Lord loved you, and as keeping the oath which he sware to your fathers, the Lord brought you out with a strong hand, and the Lord redeemed thee from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - Thou shalt know therefore, that the Lord thy God, he is God, a faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy for them that love him, and for those that keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; and he will bless the offspring of thy [fn]body, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep, on the land which the Lord sware to thy fathers to give to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:12 - And now, Israel, what does the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, and to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:15 - Only the Lord chose your fathers to love them, and he chose out their seed after them, even you, beyond all nations, as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - executing judgment for the stranger and orphan and widow, and he loves the stranger to give him food and raiment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:19 - And ye shall love the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:1 - Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and shalt observe his appointments, and his ordinances, and his commandments, and his judgments, always.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13 - Now if ye will indeed hearken to all the commands which I charge thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to serve him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22 - And it shall come to pass that if ye will indeed hearken to all these commands, which I charge thee to observe this day, to love the Lord our God, and to walk in all his ways, and to cleave close to him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - (LXX 13:4) ye shall not hearken to the words of that prophet, or the dreamer of that dream, because the Lord thy God tries you, to know whether ye love your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:16 - And if he should say to thee, I will not go out from thee, because he continues to love thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9 - if thou shalt hearken to do all these commands, which I charge thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways continually; thou shalt add for thyself yet three cities to these three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:15 - And if a man have two wives, the one loved and [fn]the other hated, and both the loved and the hated should have born him children, and the son of the hated should be first-born;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:16 - then it shall be that whensoever he shall divide by inheritance his goods to his sons, he shall not be able to give the right of the first-born to the son of the loved one, having overlooked the son of the hated, which is the first-born.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:5 - (LXX 23:6) But the Lord thy God would not hearken to Balaam; and the Lord thy God changed the curses into blessings, because the Lord thy God loved thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:6 - And the Lord shall purge thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:16 - If thou wilt hearken to the commands of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his ordinances, and his judgments; then ye shall live, and shall be many in number, and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all the land into which thou goest to inherit it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:20 - to love the Lord thy God, to hearken to his voice, and cleave to him; for this is thy life, and the length of thy days, that thou shouldest dwell upon the land, which the Lord sware to thy fathers, Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:15 - So Jacob ate and was filled, and the beloved one kicked; he grew fat, he became thick and broad: then he forsook the God that made him, and departed from God his Saviour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:5 - And he shall be prince with the beloved one, when the princes of the people are gathered together with the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:12 - And to Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in confidence, and God overshadows him always, and he rested between his shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:26 - There is not any such as the God of the beloved; he who rides upon the heaven is thy helper, and the magnificent One of the firmament.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:5 - But take great heed to do the commands and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you to do; to love the Lord our God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commands, and to cleave to him, and serve him with all your mind, and with all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:11 - And take ye great heed to love the Lord our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:31 - Thus let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: and they that love him shall be as the going forth of the sun in his strength. And the land had rest forty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:16 - And Sampson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not; for the riddle which thou hast propounded to the children of my people, thou hast not told me: and Sampson said to her, If I have not told it to my father and my mother, shall I tell it to thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:4 - And it came to pass after this that he loved a woman in [fn]Alsorech, and her name was Dalida.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15 - And Dalida said to Sampson, How sayest thou, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? this third time thou hast deceived me, and hast not told me wherein is thy great strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15 - And he shall be to thee a restorer of thy soul, and one to cherish thy old age; for thy daughter-in-law which has loved thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, has born him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5 - And to Anna he gave [fn]a prime portion, because she had no child, only Helkana loved Anna more than the other; but the Lord had closed her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:21 - And David went in to Saul, and stood before him; and he loved him greatly; and he became his armour-bearer.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:16 - And all Israel and Juda loved David, because he came in and went out before the people.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:20 - And Melchol the daughter of Saul loved David; and it was told Saul, and the thing was pleasing in his eyes.

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